Blundell’s Lane, Little Scotland, Blackrod. The Moore’s lived in this area on this street.

William Moore: The Last Word For Now……….Part I

It is simply amazing what can happen when you start writing out facts, and you receive a few e mails from friends and family in England. (Leo Turner and Phillip Butterfield). When I started writing this blog I knew practically nothing about the earliest known Moore in my tree, William Moore. Everything I write below was discovered in the last few days. It is like you find one clue and that open opens up more and more other clues.

I understand this can be a bit tedious to read. However, I have to write up all the logic so that in case someone 50 years from runs across this blog, they will know how I

Here is what I think happened in the life of William Moore. I have absolutely no hard proof. However, I have done an analysis of the data (not my favorite technique) and it suggests the following.

Around 1794 or 1795: William Moore was born in or around Blackrod Lancashire England. (This date is logical if he was about 20 at his son’s, Richard’s, birth.) If he was an older father he could have been born as early as 1771 but I do not think that 1771 date is accurate.

Around 1796: Ann, William Moore’s possible future wife is born. This would make Richard and Ann about the same age. In 1841 she is the only widow that could have had son, Richard, born in 1814. (1841 census for Blackrod)

Before 1815: William Moore marries Ann. (William probably married before his son’s birth.)

1814/15: His son, Richard Moore, is born. (Marriage Registration and 1851 census.)

Between 1818 and 1828: his other children listed on Ann’s 1841 census are born. They are William (about 1818), Mary (about 1821), and Ann (about 1828). They may have been other children that already left the house before 1841 like Richard. (1841 and 1851censuses)

Jan to Mar 1841: William Moore dies before the census. There is no William Moore of the correct age range living in Blackrod for the 1841 census. There is a William Moore listed on the Bolton FreeBMD death Index for the first quarter 1841. (Bolton is a larger city near Blackrod.) So we can assume he died in 1841. (1841 Census. Freebmd)

7 Jun 1841: Ann Moore (45) is listed on the Blackrod Le Moors census living with William (15), Mary (15) and Ann (13). They live very close to their brother Richard. There is no William Moore of the correct age range living in Blackrod for the 1841 census. So we can assume he died. (1841 Census. The ages in the 1841 census were rounded.)

Jan. to Mar. 1843: Ann died. There is an Ann Moore on the Bolton FreeBMD Death Indexes. She is the only one listed from 1841 to 1851. She is not on the 1851 census.